During the opening ceremony, Hinz, spoke enthusiastically about the founding of ICOM in 1946 by a handful of passionate museum professionals, growing into today’s international organisation of more than 36,000 members. He recalled the fundamental aspirations of… Read more

A rare Georgian clock, capable of recording changes in air pressure and used at the dawn of climate science, has been acquired for the nation by the Science Museum. The barograph clock is one of only four… Read more

As Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 the V&A takes the crown from last year’s winner The Whitworth art Gallery at the University of Manchester and can boast to being… Read more

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery was last year’s winner and shone through as the most welcoming museum after being road tested by undercover families against 20 points on the Kids… Read more

The Art Garden is a philanthropic partnership with perfumer Jo Malone London and has been designed with waves of texture, colour and scent, which reveal themselves throughout the seasons. The planting scheme includes some of Jo Malone London’s most-loved ingredients… Read more

Designed by Hoskins Architects, the project will create improved natural light into the galleries and offer views into the gardens, which will be landscaping to reinforce their connection to the galleries and this important part of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site. During renovation, the… Read more

The trenches have become synonymous with the First World War and no more so than in the Battle of the Somme, which began 100 years ago today, and has been remembered in an international ceremony at the Thiepval memorial in… Read more

This year’s Museums + Heritage Show at Olympia in London brought together museum professionals and providers from across the UK and internationally, some from as far afield as Argentina and Singapore, and we caught up with a… Read more

On that first day of the Battle of the Somme (which would rage until 18 November) 57,000 casualties were sustained by British Forces creating huge and unprecedented medical challenges. At the centre of  Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care is a… Read more

Just over a year ago Art Happens helped raise £5,415 to help Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery transport the entire contents of influential photographer Vanley Burke’s flat for a special exhibition entitled At Home With Vanley Burke. Read more

Transparency at Yorkshire Sculpture Park features 15 sculptures, installations and films made between 1978 and 2014 by artists including Yelena Popova, Mark Titchner, Rachel Whiteread and Cerith Wyn Evans. Presented during a period when the demand for truth and… Read more

The Trust said that torrential rainfall in recent weeks has made it impossible for groundwork to be completed as planned, and this has in turn delayed installation of the new garden on the footprint of Shakespeare’s family… Read more

The mood at the second day of the Association of Independent Museums Conference at the Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh was muted as sector professionals tried to come to terms with the result of yesterday’s landmark EU Referendum. Read more

A £10m fund to train the next generation of heritage craftspeople, specialists and entrepreneurs was unveiled today by Sir Peter Luff, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Skills for the Future funding will have a particular focus… Read more

AIM’s new chair, Richard Evans has been the director of Beamish Living Museum since 2008 and leads a team of more than 350 staff, supported by more than 400 volunteers as well as more than 2,000 friends and business partners. Read more